only empathy to succeed in life? Or does a great artist need both knowledge and empathy in their life? In the book excerpt “Zebra” by Chaim Potok explains how an artist can become successful. An artist can achieve their goal‚ the artist must have knowledge and empathy to be able to achieve as an artist Empathy is important for great art because people can support a person if they experienced the same painful for less painful event as an artist. What is the true meaning of empathy? Empathy means
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good listener. Empathy is the ability to understand and share patient’s emotion or state of mind. Showing interest‚ attention and devotion towards patient will enhance a strong‚ healthy and supportive bond with the patient. According to the Webster’s dictionary‚ empathy is defined as “the projection of one’s own personality into the personality of another in order to understand the person better; ability to share in another’s emotions‚ thoughts‚ feelings” (Moore 2006‚ p 16). Empathy is usually considered
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A characteristic that Scout has is that she is curious. This curiosity stems from her being young‚ talked down to and not knowing much about the people around her. Scout is interested in knowing more about her mother‚ so she can feel closer to her. She asks about how her mother looked‚ how she acted and if she loved her mother. Noticeably‚ she is curious about her mother and she is looking for a connection between her and herself. Along with being curious scout can also be described as a tough person
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To Kill a Mockingbird How does Jem and Scout change during the course of the novel? How do they stay the same? Through the perspectives of Jem and Scout Finch‚ the world’s famous classic‚ Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”‚ explores adults’ discrimination towards race and colour‚ as Atticus Finch defends a Negro. Caught in the midst of it all‚ his children were forced to experience the severe consequences. Reluctant at first‚ Jem and Scout took everything to heart‚ but over a period of time
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Discuss the way in which Scout changes and Develops during the course of To Kill a Mockingbird. 1st draft In the novel "To Kill a Mockingbird" each of the main characters changed quite a bit. Through the experiences each character went through and the natural maturing that occurred in each of them‚ the characters were altered from the way they were at beginning of the book. The children‚ Scout and Jem‚ were the two most dramatically changed characters. However‚ Scout showed much more change than
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Growing Up In To Kill A Mockingbird We have all at one point in time in the past or in the future we will have grown up. I will be showing that in To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee how the kids have grown up and how their father has helped them grow up. To start in the book Scout is the narrator. Scout tells what happens during her life from her eye and ears as a kid. She starts off by telling us what the story is about and then she starts selling it from the start the story is over a three
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay Understanding why people do the things they do is not easy‚ especially when you are young. Little kids don’t really think about other people’s feelings or the causes of their actions because when you are young‚ your whole world consists of you. This concept is one that Scout learns in Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Throughout the novel‚ Scout transforms from an ignorant tomboy into a sympathetic lady‚ due to learning about empathy. At the beginning of the
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Reflection journal #1: Scout and Atticus Scout and her father Atticus have the strongest relationship of all the characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird‚” from the novel’s outset‚ and that relationship is tested when her world is flipped upside down after Cecil Jacobs declares that Scout’s dad is a “nigger lover.” Inquisitively‚ Scout pesters Atticus as to what a “nigger lover” is. “Scout‚” said Atticus‚ “nigger lover is just one of those terms that don’t mean anything – like snot-nose. It’s hard
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Ifeoma Aneke English/1b January 7‚2012 To Kill A Mockingbird How Did Atticus Influence Scout In the novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ I believe that Atticus had a great influence on Scout. Atticus influences Scout by him treating all people with respect and equality and he looked at the positive side of people and events. Atticus also taught her about treating all people equal no matter who they are. Atticus influenced Scout by telling her to treat nature with respect. Atticus teaches them
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of the effect of tragedy was to arouse empathy for the ‘tragic hero’ and then to purge it from the audience‚ at the end an audience can be drained of all emotion. Macbeth parallels all of the characteristics of a ‘tragic hero’ because he is a very important character in the play‚ his persona is given a ‘tragic flaw’ i.e. Macbeth’s ambition and he is a respected noble who’s error in judgement leads to his death. * If the audience did not feel some empathy for Macbeth the play would not succeed
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